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The jacaranda is a spectacular flowering tree widely used in gardens and to decorate the streets of cities and towns. Growing to a maximum height of 20 meters, it is ideal for protection from the sun during the summer.
In addition, it is very grateful, being able to live in both tropical and temperate climates. Would you like to know what the care of the jacaranda tree is?
Origin and characteristics of the jacaranda
Before entering the subject, it is interesting first to know a little about its origin and its main characteristics, since it can help us to take better care of it. Well, our protagonist is a deciduous or semi-deciduous tree native to South America that reaches a height of 12 to 15 meters, although it can reach 20 meters.
Its trunk acquires a somewhat crooked shape, measures 6 to 9 meters high, and has a thickness of about 40 to 70 centimeters. The crown can be umbrella type, others pyramidal, but never dense. The leaves are bipinnate, with a length of 30 to 50 centimeters, green in color. The flowers appear in spring, grouped in terminal panicles of 20 to 30 centimeters, and of a blue-violet color.. The fruits are woody capsules of about 6 centimeters that contain winged seeds.
What care does the jacaranda tree need?
If you want to know how to take care of it, follow our advice:
Location
In order for your jacaranda to grow healthy and strong, it is necessary to place it in an area where it can develop without problems. In this sense, it is important to know that its roots could lift pavementsTherefore, they should be planted at least 10m from any type of construction and irrigation system.
Also, keep in mind that it can only have an excellent development if it is in direct sunlight, ideally throughout the day. And, if the wind tends to blow a lot in your area, it is worth tying it to a stake to prevent strong air currents from damaging it, especially if it is a young tree.
Irrigation
The jacaranda tree needs frequent watering, especially during the summer and / or if the weather is already very dry. So that, It will be watered every 3-4 days in summer, and every 5-6 the rest of the year. For this, you can use any type of water, but it is recommended to always try to water with rainwater or, if you cannot get it, fill a bucket and let it rest overnight.
Subscriber
If we talk about the subscriber, from spring to summer (or autumn if the weather is mild, without frost), it can be fertilized with mineral or liquid organic fertilizers, such as guano, algae extract, etc., following the recommendations described on the packaging of the product that we have purchased.
Multiplication
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Jacaranda multiplies by seeds in spring (It can also be done in autumn if the weather is mild), following this step by step:
- First, fill a seedling tray or pots of about 10,5cm in diameter with universal substrate mixed with 30% perlite or similar.
- Then, water thoroughly, moistening the entire substrate well.
- Then, place a couple of seeds on the surface of the substrate, ensuring that they are separated from each other. They should not be put on more since otherwise they could run the risk that some would die.
- Next, sprinkle a little copper or sulfur powder over the seeds so that the fungi do not damage them and cover them with a thin layer of substrate.
- Finally, place the seedbed outside, in full sun.
Keeping the substrate moist but not flooded, they will germinate in about 15-20 days.
Pests
It is quite sturdy in general, but new flowers and shoots are vulnerable to aphids. These are tiny insects, about 0,5 cm long, green, yellow, brown or black, that feed on the sap of plants.
They are seen a lot, especially in hot and dry springs and summers, so it will be in those seasons when the jacaranda must be watched a little. In the event that there are some, we will deal with them with diatomaceous earth, or if you prefer with a yellow sticky trap (on sale here).
Management
Sensitive to mushrooms if overwatered. You have to avoid excess irrigation, and flooding.
Pruning
It's not necesary. As the tree grows, it acquires its typical globose shape, wide enough to provide very good shade.
Rusticity
El jacaranda mimosifolia it resists frosts down to -7ºC. Depending on how cold the winter is and how exposed you are to the wind, you may lose all or just some of the leaves.
For example, in areas where the annual minimum temperature is 2 degrees, you will most likely only lose a few leaves.
What did you think of the jacaranda? Did you know it was such a pretty tree? If you dare to have one, just tell you that we hope you enjoy your plant 😉.
Hello, I have one from seed, it is 6 months old, I live in the toripical zone in summer maximum 46 winters, it never falls below 14 degrees. My questions are, can it flourish? and in how many years
Hello Angel.
Yes, it can flower, but in summer it will need a lot of water and compost.
I can't tell you how long it will take to do it, but maybe about 7. It will depend a lot on the growing conditions, and the climate, not only the temperature, but also the humidity, the wind, etc.
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Hello, I have six, they are small but they will grow up
Sure, they grow fast 🙂
HELLO. I LIKE YOUR SITE. WHY DOES MY NIGHT FLOWER HAVE WHITE SPOTS ON SOME PETALS ?. I HAVE OTHERS IN DIFFERENT POTS THAT DO NOT HAVE THEM. COULD THEY BE SPREAD? THANKS.
Hi Haydeé.
There are varieties that have white spots on the leaves naturally.
Anyway, if you want to upload an image to tinypic or imageshack, copy the link here and I'll tell you.
If you don't know how to do it, tell me and I'll help you.
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I have a jacaranda tree, a few months ago I planted it, I have given it the necessary care, however it seems that it begins to dry at the bottom, what should I do to make it green or stop drying?
I appreciate your time and I await your response.
Thank you.
Hi miguel.
I recommend treating it with powdered copper or sulfur as soon as possible. Trees at that age are very vulnerable to fungi, but those two products are very good fungicides.
Greetings.
Hello greetings from the north of Chile antofagasta coastal city climate, I have some jacaranda shoots from seeds acquired in the same neighborhood where I live. But I find it difficult for them to develop, they always reach the first true leaves and then they dry this in different attempts in different seasons of the year, some helpful tips
Hello Sergio.
By all accounts, your seedlings are affected by fungi, probably of the genus Phytophthora that cause root neck rot.
To avoid this, it is very important to treat with fungicide. During the spring and fall you can use sulfur or copper, but during the summer it is better to use a liquid fungicide. This prevents fungi, and plants can grow without problems.
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Hello, some time ago I planted my jacaranda tree but near my house because I wanted to have the shade nearby and I loved the idea of seeing it bloom nearby, but since it does not bloom, I am looking for information, but I find that its roots can damage the house as it is nearby and there is already something big to transplant what can I do I do not want to throw it away and it has not had seeds even to remove other plants tell me how long they will start to affect the roots to wait before cutting it
Hey.
To prevent the roots from spreading too much, you can water it more frequently (avoiding waterlogging).
Regarding your last question, it depends on how far the tree is from the house and how it is grown. Jacaranda is a fast growing plant, but it may take 20 or more years before it causes problems for a home 2 meters away.
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Hello, I have a question, I bought an already large jacaranda, it was good for a while but for several weeks the leaves have turned yellow and fall, the new leaves that are born, they look good at the beginning but I know they weaken and fall off right away. I have noticed that several jacarandas in the area where I live are like this lately. I do not know what is the problem.
Greetings and thanks in advance
Hi Alexandra.
Where are you from? If you are in autumn and it is cool, it is normal for the tree to shed its leaves due to cold.
In the event that you are in spring, it may be that it lacks water.
If you want, upload an image to tinypic, copy the link here and I'll tell you.
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I am from Ecuador, until two weeks ago there was a lot of rain, now it is dry, but the tree has been like this for about 2 months or more.
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Thank you very much
Hi Alexandra.
I can't see the photos 🙁
Being from Ecuador it is strange that it is without leaves. Have you checked if it has any plagues?
Just in case, I would recommend treating it with a fungicide to prevent fungi, both by irrigation and by foliar spraying (leaves).
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Hello, I think these links already work:
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http://www.subirimagenes.com/otros-18870604102125818075-9746728.html
I do not distinguish any plague.
Thank you very much and best regards
If there is no pest, treat it with fungicide as it could be that the fungi are affecting it. All the best.
I planted my jacaranda in a soil with a chewy consistency that becomes hard when it dries, I dug a hole in that soil 1 meter wide and dug a meter buy soil for plants already prepared place about 20cm of soil for plants that I bought I put the jacarada and fill the compost with organic compost every month it is the second time that I compost it I have already with it 3 months it has a height of 1.80cm of that size I bought it but at the beginning the leaf withered I thought it was the adaptation of the transplant so I started to pay to help him but its leaves began to turn yellow and dry if new green shoots grow but I have not seen growth I do not know if it is the earth or the climate I am from Tijuana Baja California Mexico
Hello Mario Alberto.
Give it time. Water frequently, preventing the soil from remaining dry for a long time. You can water it with hormones from rooting homemade.
Do not fertilize it, as its roots cannot absorb that amount of extra "food" when they are weak.
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Hello Monica..
I planted a very young jacaranda six months ago, it was just a wand with a small appetite, it is almost 2 meters long and it grew out of almost every very thin trunk. Where I live in summer we have temperatures of up to 49 degrees and many of its shoots are drying ... almost 50% ... it affects them winter and here it drops to about 5 degrees maximum. What do you suggest to take care of her?
Hello Ana.
With these conditions I recommend you water it very often: four or five times a week. It is also important to pay it, for example with guano, from spring to fall.
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Hello, my garden is small the size of a parking space, I plant a jacaranda and I adore it but I am worried that it will grow a lot and I will have to remove it from my garden :(, it is still small, it measures one meter and I want to keep it, what can I do?
Hello Nancy.
When it is a meter and a half (or more) you can trim the main branch a little in late winter. This will bring out lower branches.
When it does, you have to trim all the branches so that the tree has a more or less rounded crown.
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Hi Monica, I live on the Atlantic coast of Colombia, what kind of tree can I plant to shade the terrace of the house, not to open walls or damage floors and water and sewer pipes, thank you. God bless you
Hi Serly.
There are several that you can put, for example:
-Prunus cerasifera
-Cercis siliquastrum
-Callistemon viminalis
-Viburnum lucidum
These withstand the cold and do not have invasive roots.
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Good morning Monica, I live in the north of Spain, Girona specifically.
Last year in July I planted 2 jacaranda trees in a 1m pot. In diameter, they are about 3 meters high, they kept well, lost their leaves and came out again in September and October.
Now they are without leaves, the pot is in the shade from November to March and the rest of the time in full sun.
Temperatures from -5 to 32 the climate is very humid, do you have any chance? I fell in love with them when I saw them and decided to give it a try
Hello, Gloria.
I have seen jacarandas in a town in Mallorca where the temperature drops to -4ºC. Of course, they lose their leaf and look ugly in autumn / winter, but in spring they sprout again.
-5ºC I can't tell you if it's too much for them. Yes it is true that they are at the limit, but as long as it does not go down further they do have possibilities.
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Hello Gloria, I live in Santiago de Chile, here there is a very dry climate in the hot and humid months in winter, with -2 frosts in the crudest ones. I have a jacaranda planted in October, from seed, in an 11L pot with coconut soil. The issue is that it has grown a lot and has a 1,4 meters. Should I transplant it? And if not, what time would be the right time to do it?
Hi Dante.
I think you have the wrong name hehe, but hey, nothing happens.
You can plant your jacaranda in spring without problems.
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Good morning Monica, I'm sorry I didn't answer you before. Thanks for your answer, the pots are in the shade in winter but the tree, due to its height of about 3 meters, always gets the sun.
To this day it has not yet sprung up and we have had a very cold winter and it has snowed 3 times, being inappropriate for the place ... the beginning of spring is also horrendous, so I am afraid of it!
When should I wait to know that they will no longer sprout?
Hello, Gloria.
In principle, if it is mid-spring and the tree does not sprout, it may not do so anymore. But it really depends.
I have a Horse Chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) that was asleep for a year. So for this I would tell you to take care of it for a whole year, unless the trunk started to look really dry or light black.
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Thank you very much Monica! We will wait a little bit to see if we are lucky!
Hello Monica, I have several jacaranda trees planted for 15 years and they do not grow the same,
they have the same sun and the same amount of water, does the wind interfere with growth? Some are more uninhabited and others are covered by the wind a building, I am going to plant more, you can tell me how much they grow per year more or less and what can be done so that they grow in the same way. Thank you
Hello Marcela.
Yeah right. The wind interferes with the development of plants.
Those that are more exposed develop branches in the direction of it, some even with time end up having a twisted trunk.
The well cared for and manuring jacaranda can grow about 30-40cm per year. There is nothing you can do so that everyone you have grows in the same way, since apart from environmental factors (such as the wind) there is the genetics of each one. Although they come from the same parents, there will always be subtle differences: some will grow faster, others will have slightly longer branches, ...
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HELLO MY NAME IS FERNANDO AND I AM FROM QUITO, ECUADOR. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF I CAN GROW A JACARANDÁ TREE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THE CLIMATE HERE IS APPROPRIATE, SINCE THE TEMPERATURE IS LOW FROM 10 TO ABOUT 25 DEGREES CELCIUS, DEPENDING ON THE SEASON, WHETHER WINTER OR SUMMER. THANKS FOR THE COUNCIL.
Hello Fernando.
Yes, you can grow it without problems.
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Hello Monica; I have a jacaranda of approx. three meters high since it was a seed, the trunk, its three branches and foliage are very beautiful, it is three years old, but if I am worried that it will damage the fences ,. that are two meters apart on either side, what should I do? because the truth is that I would not like to cut it.
Hi Gilberto.
In principle, nothing has to happen 🙂
It is true that two meters is not enough, but you can keep the crown rather small, with short branches, and thus its roots will not spread as much.
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I have planted some Jacaranda trees, they must be about 3 years old, with a height of 3 to 4 meters. I would like to know at what time they generally bloom
Hello Manuel.
Jacarandas usually take about 5 years to bloom for the first time. There is no other than to be patient 🙂
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Congratulations Monica, I have read all the messages, it is worthy of you to answer all with the kindness that you do, greetings.
Jose
Hello Jose.
Thank you very much for your words 🙂
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Hi! I would like to ask about a jacaranda tree that I planted 4 years ago and this summer it has started to dry out, especially on the tip leaves. I think I saw some of them turned black. I'd like to get it back, I'm sorry it's going to dry out completely. could you give me some advice. I am from Córdoba, Argentina. Thank you
Hi Euge.
Have you checked if it has any plagues? How often do you water it?
It could be that he was going a little thirsty, or that he had some plague. On this article you can see which are the most common.
If you have questions, contact us.
Greetings.
Hello Monica,
Do you think this cultivation would have a chance?
regards
Link: https://ibb.co/J291Ls3
Hello Santiago.
No, those little trees are dead 🙁
The next time you dare to try it, it is highly recommended to sow a seed in each pot, and above all, and perhaps most importantly, sprinkle copper or sulfur over the substrate so that the fungi do not harm the seedlings.
If you have any doubts, please contact us.
Regards!
Hello… I am from Chile… I planted several jacaranda, they were all very beautiful, but now we are entering winter and some frosts have fallen… their leaves have turned half brown, and a little limp !!!
What do you recommend me to do? Or is it natural for the winter time ???
Hi Sole.
Yes, it is completely normal. Even if you lose them, don't worry. In spring they will sprout again.
Regards!
Hello, I live in Mexico in a neighborhood of very small houses. About a month ago I discovered that a jacaranda began to grow in my front garden, right where my facade is on the corner of my neighbor's fence, well, it even seems that it had been planted there in the corner on purpose. It is still very small, and I wanted to keep it but I already read that it is not convenient to leave it there, since it is close to the two buildings and would also grow on my hydraulic supply and drainage pipes. My question is: how can I transplant the sapling without damaging it so that it can continue to grow? There is a large piece of land in front of my house where I could grow freely. Is it possible that I can keep it until next spring to be able to take care of it during the autumn-winter, or better to remove it before it grows more? Now it is about 1 meter tall and has several twigs with leaves, the stem is still green and flexible but it already shows something thick and resistant. I would greatly appreciate your guidance, regards.
Hello Karla.
Yes, it is better to plant it elsewhere so that it does not cause problems in the near future.
The ideal time is late winter. You have to dig a ditch around it, at a distance of about 30cm from the trunk, and deep, about 40-50cm. Thus, you can remove it with practically all its roots.
In the event that many roots are broken, reduce the height of the trunk by 20-30 cm, so that it can recover better.
Regards!
Thanks for the indications and advice, it helped me a lot, I love the jacaranda
And so do we. It is a beautiful tree 🙂
Good morning from Mar del Plata (Argentina) I have a Jacaranda that I planted 20 years ago in the front garden where they get the sun all year round, the thing is that it never gave flower, during the winter all the leaves fall off leaving only the bare branches that can be made to flower.
Hello Eduardo.
You may be running low on compost. You can fertilize it with a fertilizer that is rich in phosphorus and potassium, such as those that are specific for flowering plants. Fertilize it in spring and until the end of summer, following the instructions on the product.
Let's see if this is how it is encouraged to flourish.
Regards!
Hello Monica
I live in the northeast of Tamaulipas Mexico and they gave me a 15 cm jacaranda but with the one last month the fairy lost all the leaves and right now it is about 20 to 25 cm and seeing your recommendation that it may have fungi and is affecting its growth I ask Would it do any good to put powdered copper sulfate on it? I still have it in a small can. I have not wanted to transplant it to avoid the stress it may cause but I see that now there is very little that can be done to rescue it. What do you recommend? Thank you
Hello Gabriel.
Yes, copper will help you. But throw it in when the sun does not shine on it, otherwise it will burn.
For now, do not transplant it, since as you say it would stress you out.
By the way, does that can have a hole for the water to come out of? This is important, because the roots cannot stand waterlogging.
If you have doubts, tell us. Greetings!
I have planted jacarandas by cuttings and several have sprouted in pots with peat and earthworm humus.
Now I see with despair that they are getting sad and drying up. I only have one left and I don't know what to do.
I water it every three days and I put a little diluted copper and very loose organic fertilizer.
What I can do? Thank you very much
Hello Salvador.
It may be having a hard time producing roots. You can help it by watering it with rooting hormones, which are sold at plant nurseries. You throw a little on the ground, and water. Do it like this until you see it grow.
One more thing: do not pay it so often. The excess of nutrients can do her a lot of damage, because she is not able to assimilate them at the moment. You must try to follow the instructions on the package, or if they are not indicated, pour once every 15, 20 or 30 days, depending on the season of the year (in summer it is advisable to pay more often than in winter, since it is when they need it most).
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How far apart are the trees planted?
Hello Ana.
If you do not want them to rub against each other when they are adults, their thing is that they are at least 3 meters away. This taking into account that they are going to be allowed to grow at their own pace.
If they were pruned, then that distance could be less, but never less than 1 meter (and I would even say 2, because then the roots would have more room to grow).
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